Draft:BPS.space
Amateur rocketry manufacturer
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BPS.space is an American company that develops model rocketry components founded by Joe Barnard in 2015[1]. Barnard also hosts a Youtube channel of the same name detailing the company's progress on various model rockets integrating its products. The name is an initialism for Barnard Propulsion Systems.[2]
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Comment: With so many YouTube and internal sourcing this isn't sourced by the usual standards. Moreover under WP:SIRS we need much better sourcing than this, most companies won't make it, and that includes this one. ChrysGalley (talk) 15:45, 22 October 2025 (UTC)
BPS.space | |
|---|---|
| Born | Joe Barnard |
| Occupation | Model rocketry components developer |
| Years active | 2015 - present |
| Last updated: August 19 2025 | |
The company is funded through product sales, Patreon crowdfunding and Youtube revenue, including sponsorships.[1]
The company launches rockets at the Friends of Amateur Rocketry launch site in the Mojave Desert.[3]
Founding
Barnard, passionated by aerospace, did not have relevant experience in the field as an audio engineering graduate from Berklee College of Music. In 2015, He founded BPS.space with the goal of achieving vertical takeoff and landing in a model rocket for the first time, in the hopes of obtaining a job at SpaceX, who were achieving the same thing in full-scale rockets with Falcon 9.[1]
In 2022, the goal was achieved when the Scout F rocket successfully took off, flew about 40 feet (12 meters) up, and landed on retractable feet.[4]
Later Ventures
Following the flight of Scout F, Barnard claimed several aerospace companies contacted him offering him a job,[4] but chose to instead continue working on model rockets full time. In a youtube video, he announced several projects including a "Space Shot",[5] the colloquial name for a rocket that reaches 100 kilometers in altitude, thus reaching the Kármán line, which represents the edge of space.
For Christmas 2021, in collaboration with fellow amateur rocketeer Xyla Foxlin, BPS.space launched a rocket shaped like a christmas tree dubbed Seasons Yeeting. Barnard handled electronics, development of a deployment system for Insta360 cameras, who were a sponsor of the project, and lighting of the rocket using LED strips.[3]
In 2025, BPS launched a rocket named High Steaks with the goal of cooking meat using the heat created by supersonic air over the rocket's nose cone. While the meat was described as "slightly cooked" upon landing, the real goal was sucessfully flying a rocket at supersonic speed, which was achieved as the rocket reached Mach 4.[6][better source needed]
Products
Signal: a family of flight computers able to control attitude of the rocket using 4 fin controls and 4 pyro channels. Later revisions include Bluetooth remote configuration through an mobile app.[7]
AVA (unreleased): a general purpose Avionics computer built around the NXP Semiconductors Kinetis K20 processor.[8][9]
Thrust Vector Control System: The Thrust vectoring system BPS developped for Scout F. Originally sold as a kit,[4] now sold as CAD files the customer can 3D print.[10]
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